Closing the employment gap between men and women — a whopping 58 percentage points — could expand India’s GDP by US$6 trillion according to a Bloomberg Economics. Photo: AP
Closing the employment gap between men and women — a whopping 58 percentage points — could expand India’s GDP by US$6 trillion according to a Bloomberg Economics. Photo: AP
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In India, trillions at stake as women disappear from workforce

  • Closing the employment gap between men and women could expand India’s GDP by nearly US$6 trillion, according to recent analysis from Bloomberg Economics
  • Between 2010 and 2020, the number of working women in India dropped from 26 per cent to 19 per cent, according to data compiled by the World Bank

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Updated: 3:58pm, 2 Jun, 2022

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Closing the employment gap between men and women — a whopping 58 percentage points — could expand India’s GDP by US$6 trillion according to a Bloomberg Economics. Photo: AP
Closing the employment gap between men and women — a whopping 58 percentage points — could expand India’s GDP by US$6 trillion according to a Bloomberg Economics. Photo: AP
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